WO2009112862A3 - Improved search engine - Google Patents

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WO2009112862A3
WO2009112862A3 PCT/GB2009/050240 GB2009050240W WO2009112862A3 WO 2009112862 A3 WO2009112862 A3 WO 2009112862A3 GB 2009050240 W GB2009050240 W GB 2009050240W WO 2009112862 A3 WO2009112862 A3 WO 2009112862A3
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Priority to CA2755319A priority patent/CA2755319C/en
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Publication of WO2009112862A3 publication Critical patent/WO2009112862A3/en
Publication of WO2009112862A9 publication Critical patent/WO2009112862A9/en
Priority to US13/909,898 priority patent/US9330178B2/en
Priority to US15/143,402 priority patent/US20160283607A1/en

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Abstract

A search engine for generating an improved search query, the engine comprising: input means for receiving a search request, the search request comprising N search terms; processing means arranged to formulate a search query from the received search request; output means arranged to output the search query wherein the processing means is arranged to formulate the search query by generating a plurality of search strings, each search string comprising a different combination of a subset of the N search terms.
PCT/GB2009/050240 2008-03-13 2009-03-12 Improved search engine WO2009112862A2 (en)

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US12/922,380 US8489573B2 (en) 2008-03-13 2009-03-12 Search engine
CN200980117385.7A CN102027471B (en) 2008-03-13 2009-03-12 Improved search engine
EP09719838A EP2277117A2 (en) 2008-03-13 2009-03-12 Improved search engine
CA2755319A CA2755319C (en) 2008-03-13 2009-03-12 Improved search engine
US13/909,898 US9330178B2 (en) 2008-03-13 2013-07-12 Search engine
US15/143,402 US20160283607A1 (en) 2008-03-13 2016-04-29 Search engine

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